Hair curling appliances



1956 A. A. 'coAKLEY ETAL 2,730,109

HAIR CURLING APPLIANCES Filed Dec. 1, 1954 ATTYS'.

United States Patent HAIR CURLING APPLIANCES Annie Anthony Coakley and June Esther Louise Coakley, London, England Application December 1, 1954, Serial No. 472,397

3 Claims. (Cl. 132-41) This invention relates to hair curling appliances.

It has previously been proposed to provide a hair curler comprising a body about which a hank of hair may be wound, means on the body for gripping the end of the hank of hair prior to rotation of the body to form the curl, and a curl-securing member releasably mounted on the body so as to have the curl wound round it and being releasable by sliding longitudinally of the body, together with the formed curl, so as to remain in the curl until the curl has set.

It has also previously been proposed to alter the size of the formed curl by altering the size of the body at the place where the curl is wound thereon, c. g. by providing the body with a pivoted arm which can be pivoted into a withdrawn non-use position and into a working position parallel to the remainder of the body. Such a construction provides a relatively smaller curl when the arm is withdrawn, and a relatively larger curl when the arm is in working position.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved construction wherein the size of the body portion is altered, for altering the size of the curl, by longitudinal sliding of a portion of the body with respect to the remainder thereof.

According to the present invention the hair curler comprises a body including a finger portion to receive hair wound round it during the formation of a curl and a slide member slidably secured thereon and movable longitudinally of the finger portion between a withdrawn position remote from the finger portion and a position of use adjacent the finger portion for the formation of a curl of increased size about both the finger portion and slide member.

A curl-securing member, for removal with the formed curl, may be releasably mounted on the body adjacent the finger portion. This curl-securing member may be mountable on the finger portion, when the slide member is in withdrawn position, and also upon the slide member.

The curl-securing member may be mountable on the body by being provided with a tongue engageable, by longitudinal sliding, with the body. The curl-securing member, in a preferred construction, includes a shank about which the hair may be wound and two spring-loaded clip arms pivotally mounted at spaced positions on the shank.

Means are advantageously provided for gripping the end of a bank of hair from which a curl is to be formed. Such means consist, in a preferred construction, of a spring blade secured to the body and lying normally along and against the finger portion, said blade being bendable manually away from the finger portion for the insertion of the end of the hank of hair to be gripped between the blade and finger portion.

An embodiment of the invention is hereinafter particularly described with reference to the figures of the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the body, with the slide omitted, and showing a curl-retaining clip in position 2,730,109 Patented Jan. 10, 1956 2 and opened ready for the commencement of curling a bank of hair.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the entire curler showing the slide in withdrawn position, for the formation of a relatively small curl, and showing the end of the hank of hair gripped against the finger and the curl-retaining clip opened ready for winding of the curl.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the entire curler with the slide in working position, for the formation of a relatively larger curl, and with the hank-end gripping means and curl-retaining clip both in open position.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the entire curler with the slide in working position and with a relatively large curl wound round the body and curl-retaining clip, the latter being closed ready for sliding off with the curl.

In these figures, the body of the curler comprises a tube 1 terminating in a finger portion 2 to receive hair wound round it. A trough-like slide 3 is slidably secured on the body by a headed rivet 4 fixed in the body and engaged by its protruding end in a longitudinal slot 5 in the slide, whereby the rivet keeps the slide aligned on the body and limits the longitudinal movement of the slide between the withdrawn and use positions. The finger 1 is apertured at 6 and the slide 3 is apertured at 7 in corresponding manner, these apertures being for the selective reception by longitudinal sliding of a tongue 8 of a curl-retaining clip comprising a shank 9 to receive the hair wound round it, and two spring-loaded clip arms 10 and 11 pivotably mounted one at each end of the shank 9. Each end of the shank is formed as three parallel fingers the centre one 12 of which is curved in one direction, and the two outer ones 13 of which are bent round in the opposite direction. The clip arms 10 and 11 are provided, at their end engaged with the shank, with a lateral lug 14- at each side, these lugs being each engaged in one of the outer fingers 13. The resilience of the fingers 12 and 13 urges them into substantially parallel position whereby the lugs 14 are also urged into substantially parallel positions, i. e., wherein the arms 10 and 11 are either open, as in Figs. 1 to 3, or closed, as in Fig. 4. The arms 10 and 11 can thus be snapped open and closed and will remain in the position to which they are set.

A spring blade 15, to serve to grip the beginning of the bank of hair against the finger 2, is secured against movement in the body 1 by a rivet 16, fixed through the blade 15, engaged in a hole 17 in the body. The blade 15 normally lies along and against the finger 2, as shown in Fig. l, but can be bent back manually, as in Fig. 3, to permit the insertion of the end of the bank of hair for gripping, as in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows how the arms 10 and 11 of the curl-retaining clip are snapped into gripping position to grip the curl 18, and with the curl thus formed and held, the latter with the clip in it is slid off the body longitudinally to the right in Fig. 4.

We claim:

1. A hair-curler comprising a body including a finger portion to receive hair wound round it during the formation of a curl and a slide member slidably secured thereon and movable longitudinally of the finger portion between a withdrawn position remote from the finger portion and a position of use adjacent the finger portion for the formation of a curl of increased size about both the finger portion and slide member, a curl-securing member, for removal with the formed curl, releasably mounted on the body adjacent the finger portion and a spring blade secured to the body and lying normally along and against the finger portion, said blade being bendable manually away from the finger portion for the insertion of the end of a bank of hair to be gripped between the blade and finger portion.

2. A -hair-curler comprising a body including a finger .PmitiQn to receive hair wound round it during the formation of a curl and a slide member slidably secured thereon and movable longitudinally of the finger pera tion between a withdrawn position'rernote from the finger portion and a position of use adjacent the finger :portion for the formation of a curl of increased size about both'the finger portion and slide member, and a curl-securing member, including a shank about which the hair may be wound and two spring-loaded clip arms piv- :finger portion to receive hair wound round it for the formation of a curl and a trough-like slide slidably secured thereon and movable longitudinally of the finger portion between a withdrawn position remote from the finger portion and a position of use adjacent the finger portion 'for the formation of a curl of "increasedsize about both the finger portion and slide member; a curl-securing clip including a shank to receive the curl, a tongue on the shank engageable by longitudinal sliding through the finger portion and slide, and two spring-loaded arms pivotably mounted one at each end of the shank; and a spring blade secured within the body and lying normally along and against the finger portion, said blade being bendable manually away from the finger portion for the insertion of the end of a hank of hair to be gripped between the blade and finger portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,001,904 Harmon May 21, 1935 

